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Old 03-26-2008, 01:52 PM
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Lightbulb Earth Hour -- who is participating?

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Millions of people will turn off their lights for an hour to make a statement about energy usage and climate change. It happens March 29 at 8pm local time.
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We'll be out of town for the day-so all the power strips, lights, etc. will be off anyway.
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9pm now. I missed it.
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Oh, wait this is 47 hours from now!
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heh, you made me worry I had the date all wrong!

I actually stopped to check my calendar before finishing the thread!

as to turning things off...not to sure I can convince my husband not to be on the computer (8pm is when the kids go to bed, so perfect for grown up time wasters)
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Couldn't this cause problems with power surges and such when people turn the lights back on?

Oh, and the NCAA tournament is on then. I bet lots of people plan on doing it, but forget or can't convince their SO to turn the TV off.
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Millions of people will turn off their lights for an hour to make a statement about energy usage and climate change. It happens March 29 at 8pm local time.
If I remember to, I'll try to participate. If I get bored I'll go outside and enjoy the light pollution, or loiter at the local High Fructose Corn Syrup Emporium.
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DW and I intend to participate at 8pm local time--about 4 hours from now.
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I didn't participate! I live in the forrest away from the city so felt weird to do it all alone in the middle of nowhere.
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My household participated in Earth hour. I confess I peeked outside to see if anyone else on our street was doing it (my city's mayor is noisy/determined about climate action). My family was happy to give up electricity for the hour, although the Boyservant Hecubus became overexcited and bouncy by the change, so at 9:00:10 PM the Lord and Master of Darkness put the lights back on.
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We turned the lights off, but left the computers on..actually I had forgotten about it till my husband went to google at about 10 after 8...google had a black background to commemorate the event.
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